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Dec 24, 20243 min read
Exclusive-Sudan drops out of hunger-monitor system on eve of famine report
The Sudanese government has suspended its participation in the global hunger-monitoring system on the eve of a report that’s expected to...
Sep 24, 20242 min read
Zelenskiy holds flurry of bilateral meetings at UN to shore up support for Ukraine
KYIV - Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, who is in New York for the meeting of world officials at the United Nations, held talks...
Jun 18, 20241 min read
Actor Theo James named UNHCR global goodwill ambassador
LONDON - The United Nations refugee agency named British actor Theo James as a global goodwill ambassador on Monday. James, who acted in...
Jun 11, 20242 min read
Amnesty International says Nigerian army detains girls who escape from Boko Haram
ABUJA - Amnesty International on Monday accused the Nigerian army of illegally detaining girls and young women who have escaped from...
May 30, 20242 min read
Rescue teams don't expect to find survivors in Papua New Guinea landslide
SYDNEY - Papua New Guinea ruled out finding survivors under the rubble of a massive landslide on Thursday, with the exact nuber of dead...
May 19, 20242 min read
Hundreds of Tunisian president's supporters protest against 'foreign interference'
TUNIS - Hundreds of people demonstrated in Tunis on Sunday in support of President Kais Saied amid widespread criticism at home and...
May 13, 20243 min read
Factbox-Key issues for South African voters in wide open 2024 election
JOHANNESBURG - South Africans will vote in a national election on May 29 with an unprecedented sense of uncertainty about the outcome,...
Apr 30, 20242 min read
Exclusive-UN experts say North Korea missile landed in Ukraine's Kharkiv
UNITED NATIONS - The debris from a missile that landed in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv on Jan. 2 was from a North Korean Hwasong-11...
Apr 24, 20242 min read
US Congress approves $61 billion in aid for Ukraine
Washington, April 24 - The US Congress has approved a $61-billion aid package for Ukraine after months of stalling. The US Senate on...
Apr 24, 20243 min read
Negotiations on global plastics treaty opens in Ottawa
Ottawa, April 24 - The fourth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC) to develop an international legally binding...
Apr 14, 20244 min read
Sudan's uprooted millions pay price for year-long war
CAIRO/PORT SUDAN - After fleeing from the war in Sudan to Egypt, Mohamed Ismail says his ambitions are limited to putting food in the...
Apr 14, 20245 min read
World leaders Reaction to Iran's drone, missile attack on Israel
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps said it launched dozens of drones and missiles at Israel on Saturday, in an attack that could...
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